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Palestinians cheer upcoming Gaza pullout
Aug 12 2005 11:35PM (CT)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Tens of thousands of Palestinians crowded Gaza City's small harbor Friday to celebrate the impending Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, waving flags and hearing promises from their leader that the West Bank and Jerusalem will be next.
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Iran pushes ahead on nuclear path
Aug 12 2005 11:34PM (CT)
KHONDAB, Iran (AP) - As the U.S. and Europe struggle to stop Iran's uranium development, the Iranians are pushing ahead on another track that could also lead to a nuclear bomb _ construction of a heavy-water reactor that can produce weapons-grade plutonium.
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Settlers observe bittersweet last Sabbath
Aug 12 2005 11:03PM (CT)
NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip (AP) - Across Gaza, Jewish settlers were observing a bittersweet last Sabbath, before their forcible removal by Israeli troops next week. There was the dread of being uprooted, the rush of making a last stand and the desperate hope for a miracle.
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Blast near Iraq mosque kills 4, 3 children
Aug 12 2005 10:30PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A blast Friday near a mosque west of Baghdad killed four people, including three children, and wounded at least 19 other people, police and hospital officials said. Iraqis blamed U.S. forces, but an American spokesman disputed the Iraqi claim.
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Federalism emerges as deal-breaker in Iraq
Aug 12 2005 7:39PM (CT)
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Angry over Shiite calls for regional governments, preachers in many Sunni mosques urged their followers Friday to register and vote in the October constitutional referendum _ but against the charter if it includes measures to "divide the country" through federalism.
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Two arrested in last month's Egypt bombing
Aug 12 2005 4:22PM (CT)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egyptian security forces on Friday arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of involvement in bloody bomb attacks last month in the resort city of Sharm el-Sheik.
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More National Guardsmen die in Iraq
Aug 12 2005 4:14PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Guard and Reserve suffered more combat deaths in Iraq during the first 10 days of August _ at least 32, according to a Pentagon count _ than in any full month of the entire war.
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Lebanon frees radical Muslim cleric
Aug 12 2005 11:48AM (CT)
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Lebanon freed the radical Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed on Friday, hours after Britain declared he would not be allowed to return to its shores.
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Sharon goes from builder to dismantler
Aug 12 2005 11:45AM (CT)
JERUSALEM (AP) - Ariel Sharon's transformation from settlement builder to settlement dismantler was sealed in a secret meeting with U.S. envoys in Rome in November 2003, when the Israeli prime minister revealed his plan to give up the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank by the end of 2005.
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Roadside bombings in Iraq are increasing
Aug 12 2005 8:59AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The commander of U.S. transportation and other logistics forces in Iraq said Friday that the number of roadside bomb strikes against his troops throughout Iraq has doubled in the past year.
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Jordan to ask Britain to extradite cleric
Aug 12 2005 5:48AM (CT)
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - Jordan will ask Britain next week to extradite a radical Muslim cleric who has been described as Osama bin Laden's "spiritual ambassador in Europe," Interior Minister Awni Yirfas said on Friday.
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IAEA urges Iran to freeze nuke activities
Aug 12 2005 5:43AM (CT)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Iran bristled at a warning from the U.N. nuclear watchdog to suspend activities that could lead to an atomic weapon, but the agency's restrained response made clear that the West wants to give diplomacy more time to ease the standoff.
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